| Description |
1 online resource (219 pages) |
| Series |
Scottish Cultural Review of Language and Literature ; Volume 23 |
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Scottish cultural review of language and literature ; Volume 23.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One The Strathspey as National Expression in Eighteenth-Century Song and Poetry; Chapter Two Masterful Narratives: Policing the Public Body and Positioning the Practice of National Dance; Chapter Three Choreographing Character, 1814-1815: The New Scottish Novels of Walter Scott and Christian Isobel Johnstone; Chapter Four Unauthorised Women in Scottish Novels, 1814-1824: Social Dance, Fictional Outings, and National Concerns ; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Pointed Encounters establishes the literary significance of representations of dance in poetry, song, dance manuals, and fiction written between 1750 and 1830. Presenting original readings of canonical texts and fresh readings of neglected but significant literary works, this book traces the complicated role of social dancing in Scottish culture and identifies the hitherto unexplored motif of dance as an outwardly conforming, yet covertly subversive, expression of Scottish identity during the period. The volume draws upon diverse yet mutually revealing texts, from traditional dance and music t |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Dance in literature.
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Scottish literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism
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Scottish literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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Folk dancing, Scottish -- History
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Collective memory -- Scotland -- 18th century
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Collective memory -- Scotland -- 19th century
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Collective memory
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Dance in literature
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Folk dancing, Scottish
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Scottish literature
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Scotland
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789401211116 |
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9401211116 |
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9042038691 |
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9789042038691 |
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1322339414 |
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9781322339412 |
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